CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-47024

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Jan 20, 2023 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.8 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

A null pointer dereference issue was discovered in function gui_x11_create_blank_mouse in gui_x11.c in vim 8.1.2269 thru 9.0.0339 allows attackers to cause denial of service or other unspecified impacts.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Vim Vim 8.1.2269 (including) 9.0.0339 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 RedHat vim-2:8.2.2637-20.el9_1 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 RedHat vim-2:8.2.2637-20.el9_1 *
Vim Ubuntu bionic *
Vim Ubuntu esm-infra/xenial *
Vim Ubuntu focal *
Vim Ubuntu jammy *
Vim Ubuntu kinetic *
Vim Ubuntu trusty *
Vim Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Vim Ubuntu upstream *
Vim Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References